wedrifid comments on Open Thread, April 15-30, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 April 2013 11:42:35PM 4 points [-]

Is tickling a type of pain?

The simplest way of categorizing this would be based on the biology of which nerves nerves are involved. It appears that the tickle sensation involves signals from nerve fibres associated with both pain and touch. So... "Kind of".